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Long distance Range

Long distance Range

Many people are getting in excess of 900 miles from a tank in the prius. This is good mpg driving, but it is not difficult to acheive at least 850. In terms of speed my tongue in cheek answer is that like any car they can go as fast as the speed limit. In all seriousness they have a very reasonable amount of power, especially from a standstill, electric motors blow gas engines out of the water on torque. eg. imagine trying to start a manual car from the lights in 5th gear!! this is the sort odf torque electric motors typically get.

Long distance Range

In my Escape Hybrid, I just took a trip out West through SD, WY, MT, ND and back to MN. On a day when headwinds were 25 mph, and I was driving 75 mph, I got 28 mpg and a maximum range of 400 miles. In the mountains, I got 38 (!!) mpg. Sure, going UP was a lot of work, but going DOWN, I often coasted for 17 miles at a time, with the engine kicking on only when my coasting speed topped 30 mph. I was a little miffed to get a stiff easterly headwind on the drive back -- usually I get a nice west-wind assist across ND and SD. Overall mileage for the trip was 28+, and range varied between 350 and 500+. The worst hits to mileage were long, steep, rolling hills on the highways of MT and western ND. With the headwind and going ~70, mileage there was only 26. Eh well, better than anything I ever got with my V6 gas-only Escape.

Long distance Range

Long distance Range

I just did a trip from Washington D.C. to the hills of West Virginia and back in a Prius 2005, on a single tank of gas. On the way up I got about 42 mpg and way back nearly 52 mpg. Prius handled the hills quite well, no problem at all.